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Accountancy Europe

Not just for accounting nerds! This ~20min podcast tackles the hottest topics for the European accountancy profession, including: sustainable finance, the Green New Deal, tax, corporate repo...

Episodes

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Sustainability will never do without Governments

In our third episode of season three we continue our discussion on sustainability reporting standards with Accountancy Europe's senior manag...

21:24Nov 26, 2021

There’s no Creation like Co-creation: Sustainability Reporting Standards

Season three continues with our very own Jona Basha , Senior manager at Accountancy Europe, and a look into sustainability reporting standar...

24:44Oct 28, 2021

Reporting beyond the Financials: Sustainability on the Books

We kick off season three with a look at how our sustainable future begins with corporate reporting. How can that be, you might ask? Nadja Pi...

24:21Sep 24, 2021

A 360 view on Sustainable Corporate Governance

Before the summer break, we present you a special episode at the end of this season: On June 21 Accountancy Europe held a virtual fireside c...

49:20Jul 16, 2021

Do accountants hold the key to changing our flawed economy?

The modern economy is flawed. It tends to ignore non-financial ‘externalities’, like the environment, when considering a company’s bottom li...

24:07Jun 18, 2021

The shift to sustainability: A CFO’s journey

We’ve covered the shift to sustainable corporate governance from a variety of angles on the podcast so far, and now we turn to the private s...

23:16May 21, 2021

An inside look into the BEIS consultation

Everyone is talking about the BEIS consultation into " Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance " in the UK. To dig deeper into thi...

23:54Apr 23, 2021

Accountants are the key for IP

The core of every business is its ideas, concepts and know-how. Protecting this intellectual property (IP) is standard for large companies,...

30:48Mar 19, 2021

Get your seat at the top tables

For the first time we interview two guests for the podcast: Myles Thompson , President of Accountancy Europe and Mark Vaessen , Deputy Presi...

30:19Mar 5, 2021

Without human capital, there is no capital

As the Covid-19 pandemic and remote working continue into 2021, we cover mental health at work in this episode. We spoke to Vic Petri , CEO...

29:50Feb 19, 2021

Time to build back better corporate governance

In our first episode of 2021, Mathilde Mesnard, Deputy Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs at the OECD , discusses the global deba...

21:26Jan 22, 2021

Ethics, digitalisation and accounting

In our final episode of 2020, we speak with Brian Friedrich, board member of the International Ethics Standards Board (IESBA). Brian focuses...

26:45Dec 16, 2020

Corporate governance for a sustainable economy

In this episode, we speak with Accountancy Europe’s CEO, Olivier Boutellis-Taft, on the importance of corporate governance in paving the way...

20:21Nov 27, 2020

Sustainable finance – an inside look

Our latest episode is an exclusive discussion with the Chair of Accountancy Europe’s Sustainable Finance Group, Wim Bartels and the Vice-Cha...

21:36Nov 13, 2020

The European Commission’s take on ESEF

In this episode, we bring you highlights from a speech made by the European Commission’s Alain Deckers about the European Single Electronic...

16:14Oct 30, 2020

SMEs: What's next?

In this episode we speak with the digital expert of the Accountancy Europe SME team, Martin de Bie. Martin talks to us about the digital tra...

25:58Oct 16, 2020

Accountants & the fight against financial crime (Part 2)

In Part 2 of our conversation with the Chair of Accountancy Europe's anti-money laundering (AML) working party, Angela Foyle, we discuss the...

22:59Oct 2, 2020

The EU & the fight against financial crime (Part 1)

Accountancy Europe’s podcast Because People Count is back! With the European Commission President citing anti-money laundering (AML) as a pr...

23:42Sep 18, 2020

Public sector and the coronavirus (Part 2)

In part 2 of our conversation with the Chair of Accountancy Europe’s Public Sector policy group, Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger, we discuss th...

15:30Jul 17, 2020

Public sector and the coronavirus crisis

In our fifth coronavirus bonus episode we talk to Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger, Chair of Accountancy Europe’s Public Sector policy group. Th...

16:44Jul 3, 2020